Non-Representational Art
(aka non-objective)
Art without reference to anything outside itself - without representation, without recognisable objects.
Non-Representational - bears little resemblance to forms within the natural world, instead presenting only the visual elements of line, shape, color, form, and texture, etc. (non-objective).
non-representational - Non-representational art is art which is not based on external appearances; this covers several types of art - abstract, non-objective, and decorative; as contrasted with representational art, ...
non-representational...A term used to define a range of work encompassing non-recognizable imagery that varies from pure abstraction (non-recognizable but derived from a recognizable object) to non-objective (not a product of the abstraction process, ...
Non-representational art can be seen in most of the best art museums around the world. Notable collections are held by the following institutions ...
A non-representational style of sculpture and painting restrictive in the use of visual elements and often consisting of simple geometric shapes or masses.
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Completely non-representational; pure design; fully abstract. Art without reference to anything outside itself-without representation. Also called nonobjective-without recognizable objects.
The Fauves used non-representational color and representational form to convey different sensations. Apply the same idea to the portrait of Marilyn Monroe below, using the controls to adjust the colors. How does the color affect the mood?
Minimalism is a non-representational style of art, usually severely restricted in the use of visual elements and often consisting of simple geometric shapes or masses. The style came to prominence in the late 1960s.
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non-objective (also non-representational)
An approach in which there is no reality-based content or narrative. The subject matter is the way the artist handles the elements of art.
Black square by Kazimir Malevich Abstract art is now generally understood to mean art that does not depict objects in the natural world, but instead uses colour and form in a non-representational way. ...
Constructivist Art (Constructivism) is a term used to define a type of totally abstract (non-representational) relief construction, sculpture, kinetics and painting.
Art that does not represent aspects of the visible world; also referred to as non-objective, non-representational and non-figurative art. All art requires some degree of abstraction.
Geometric abstraction is a form of abstract art based on the use of geometric forms sometimes, though not always, placed in non-illusionistic space and combined into non-objective (non-representational) compositions.
The term Constructivism is used to define non-representational relief construction, sculpture, kinetics, and painting.
It non-representational, or non-objective, art, which means that there are no actual objects represented.
First used in the late 1950s in reference to the non-representational paintings of a group of American artists. These artworks were characterised by precisely defined areas or geometric shapes of flat smooth colour.
CONSTRUCTION -Constructivist Art (Constructivism) - Used to define a type of totally abstract (non-representational) artwork that is very ordered and often minimal and geometric in style.
geometric abstraction: an approach in non-representational art which plays with the relationships between geometric shapes, forms, colours and textures. In some instances compositions are generated from observed forms.
In truth, Guston, as Robert Storr shows, only produced art that was completely non-representational between 1951 and 1954: "By the mid-1950s Guston had abandoned the practice of giving his paintings numerical or generic names, ...
Broad movement in painting, sculpture, photography, literature, theatre and film. Non-representational, yet not abstract. Mostly three dimensional.
Unfortunately, abstract art, in the fine arts, is not as simple and direct as cartoons. Non-representational painting can be a bit elusive and difficult to understand.
Abstract Expressionism is a type of art in which the artist expresses himself purely through the use of form and color. It non-representational, or non-objective, art, which means that there are no actual objects represented.
nonobjective art - Artworks having no recognizable subject matter (not recognizable as such things as houses, trees, people, etc.) Also known as non-representational art.
Non Objective - Completely non-representational; pure design; fully abstract.
A 20th century style of painting in which the representation of real objects is completely absent. Can also sometimes be referred to as non-representational or non-objective and consisting of lines, colours, shapes and forms.
ABSTRACT - Art which departs from real subjects and representational accuracy in preference to shapes, colour and texture. This form of British Art is sometimes referred to as non-representational art.
NON-REPRESENTATIONAL
an image that has been derived from a non-visual source and makes no association to visual forms.
OPTICAL COLOR
color created through physiological perception. It occurs when we see a color that is not present, i.e.
included Jean Arp, Max Ernst, Andre Masson, Yves Tanguy and Joan Miro. These Surrealist painters worked with amorphous, organic forms which were imaginatively suggestive--even emotionally expressive--but non-representational.
Instead of focusing on the material aspects of life, he felt his paintings could help prepare people to see the spiritual, non-material world. Kandinsky is one of the first (if not the first) artist to create completely non-representational ...
 See also: Representational, Painting, Movement, Expression, Sculpture
  
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